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Presidents of Service Clubs to Judge Applause of Audience;
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Salem Commission
WRIT OR ERROR GRANtED
ControTersy, Thought' Ended
to
lie Revived as Legal IUUl
Shifts to Vnlted State
Snpreme Court j .
A legal battle, wblch way well
have important .- bearings j on the
authority if the,, zoning commSs
! Rion of-the.city of. Salem i i3 feeen
-in tha. grant. of ; appeal 'to j the
United States snpretne .ourt of
a new. attack on, the; Portland fecn
ing ordinance. J -.!. ,' j .
' Diiring the recent controversy
concerning the constitutionality of
the, Portland zone Iaw,,movek.to
Heg-egate business and residential
property In Salem, and regulajMon
of Construction, iwere halted pend
ing, the outcome of the. legal jbat
tle.i With -the', decision; of I the
jtate supreme court, that j the ilaw
AmA matt'taA anil f 1 1or i Tn r ih ftl-
s lut. Oregon continued their zoning
f JTowcomes he grant of anj. ap-
ruthoHty to the Unilted Stated n
prenjevconrt. Should; this ajpeal
result" in a declaration of thie il
legality of thebuildi4 restrictions
ordinance of Portland the vefdict
-would come home i f prccif ulljr to
all now working on city fceaujiiful
plana. 7- "j . t
Constitutionality of the tort
land ' law was first j questioned
when Ernest Kroner :and Jfank
Michaels were denied j a permit to
Construct and operate! a creamery
in a Port?andYtwtdtiia:dteltrfctr
) ' Snit -was brought in, the citcqit
' 'court fof Multnomah countyfat
t' tacking the constitutionality the
Portland- xoning ordinance, . The
aance was Iheld. uncontnuii
31 by the court. : CffecJ. of the
det Aion was seen. in. the Cessation
of zoning" actiTltles in otter, cities
of QregOH.-- ' J Ay."4'f- K.
The city of Portland !thehi a.
a -naatcA tn tH state siioreme. court
t which, in a Are to . to-l opinion,
reversed the lower cdurtj: and 'np
Vield the constitutionality oflthe
ordinance. The1 majority opllnion
iof the supreme Court I was written
Kv inciw RurnMt .iid concurred
contini' Anln inns - were .writtea by
Chief. Justice McBridflf aml Juitica
Rand. Chief Justice jvicwriajs ;ye;
terday granted a writ ofj errcrf.-..,
while the suprense 'eotirt oi! tha
trttAA KtatAB ha nassed noon sev
eral angles of the zoning Ideij, the
partifular angle-Involved lit,' the
Portland case . has i never been
passed upon and the appeal of lhe
Oregon case to the federal tHbu
i TTwrtAd to be watehedJwith
much interest' in a" Wtlons ot
th jtatlon:' 1 j ; 7
DANCERS SET MOT MARK
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OIARlJESTOX IS HOPPEl FOR
'22 AXD HALFiJlUHW
NEW YORK, Feb.! 3.-t-(B"f As
tntoH Prpss.) After 22 end a
half, hours continuous dnefng of
the Charleston the tnree remm
; ntoetantn all men Hwere
- nnitrht ! bv the Judges In
I an endurance race started at mid-
night yesterday , in-thtf Kaaefn
I niwflv daficehalt. ' ' 1 ' -
" Three orchestras were exnapsiea
and 1,000 phonograph;, needles
were: used np'All three cntes
t.n. hii danced away the soles of
their Bhoes. They were .atill oing
strong when the Judge stopped
themr t - I
" Shoclc Hits Japaik-'
SEVERK iJARTHQUAkE IB.
.'oirrii Japan FT,i :
TOKIO, Feb. 4- (CST Aso
Hted Press.) A .vernacular
s agency -report ilha
A earthquake r lwok.Mtlie
of Aomori, In north Jafan.
t ,11:44 p. m. tody. Tafe qwike
led one minute 'nl 15 jkcc
rso details have tn re
ived ai to damago uore, if
.Aomori is seaport city With
v population of 15,000 ; located
n the southwestern part Of
iv on the north shore of? the
... -1 Island of the Japanese
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Salem and thia entire section todav is aeoir over! The
Mbrnihg Statesman's grtf "Everybody, Wins' free gift dis
tribution. Everybbdy- is Italking. i And but few. are doing.
It; is not talk that -The; Morning
puzzling: tq' tjie managemSent. Why are. so'-few cbntestants
talcinir'adVantasre of thll srreat jrivine;.; campaign 7:'Three
thousand dollars In automobiles, washing1 nTachineahd.casH
prizes are onerea. ; winnejrs wm get mare jor ineir euoris 111
ILLIHEE C0Wl4XTEES j
'CHOSEN BY PRESIDENT
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INFORMAL
MEET OP CHAIR-
MKV TIIfIi. Ilfc 'qAK.M2H
Wll Show Slow lotion Pictures
of Golf
Shots , by Hageni
and iones :
Dr. C. II. ! Robertson, president
off the Illihee Golf club, has. an
nounced ' thei names of those, he
has appoint ejd on committee for
the coming season. 'j '
He. urgently requests thatl th.e
chairman of j each committee IwUl
get In touch jwith-the other em
bers of his committee for an "in
formal meeting to be held YVedU
nesday, February 10, at 7;45 p. in.
in; the .rooms or the saiem cham
ber of commerce. . ,
At this time he is arranging to
secure slow motion pictures ui
golf shots so that'l,ocaJ mem,bers
may be aideid In improving, their
gia'mes. .The! pictures- are of Wal
ter Hagen ahd Bobby JoneS.s ,
I Following are the committees
appointed:' 1
Finance committee: T. A. Lives-
ley, chairman ; Dan- J. , Fry," J . . H
Farrar. e: B.!-Webb and 3. J. Rot
erts.
Handicap
committee:
A. A.
Keene, chairman; D. A. Young.
Cecil Kay, Jl H7 Farrar, Mrs. O.
C. Locke, .Mrs. E. It. Baker and
O, P. Sharkey... f
Greens .'eoijnnittee. H. H. Olin-
gerchaifmai: OV h. ' Fisher t. C.
Farmer and W.,H Bttr.ghardt ,
7 Tournament . commiUee:., MZAt.
Young, , chairman ; . iBrazren c.
Small O, C. "iLocke.Rex fiaxiford:
DrA.' CJ, , Ba,tes; TQmtVood; and
G; JP. Sharkely. " ' j
Membership committee: j Gus
Hisor, chairman; O.rF.' Franklin,
C. F. Byrd.TU Krause, Vic !Mac
Kenzie, Geotge King .and (j, P.
Sharkey. l
Junior conimittee: Frank Sha
fer chairman; Chandler Brown,
and Harold, piinger. , .., H
House committee: W.-WvPaul-
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WIND 'STRIKES FLORIDA
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WEST PALM'; BEACH; IFla.,
Feb. 3. (By! Associated Press.--Jack
Eugene iDrjscoil.rlY;. months
old, is dead,;! and several .persons
are injured as a result of la iffind
storm of hurricane force hlcli
struck Green j Acres toddyi'cl 7
-. Approximately 300 persons are
homeless, 20 bouses were destroy
ed ; by the .: wlnd , The" houses,
moaely, werel of a. flimsy tempor
ary'a construction". The damage
wast estimated (at $750,000.! Re
lief measure are under way . and
It" was assured, "that every storm
sufferer had ta, place to sleep to-
night.
LIVESLEYj BUYS LAND
:too acres purchased: in
NORTH FOR UA RAKttt
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CHIL1WA
KVB.'C. Febv 2.
(By
Associated Press.') -5-T.; 'AY
Llvesey; conipany of ..Washington
.nd".bregoni has .purchased! ' 300
acres of reclaime'd land north bf
Sumas, Wash.,, from ..the .British
Columbia Lnd Settlement board
for . hop. raising. ' The company.
which ia headed hy IL ?I,.Ordof
Portland, hals takea'anoptionon
S0Q more. acresr adjtiiniag;-;.the
property. The . .concern ha . an
nounced Its i intention -of becont-
Inr incorporated anderf Canadian
laws.. - .
DEPRESSED, ENDS LIFE
l'OUXO MotllER OF felX C1IIL-
V- rillEN C6MMITS SOCTDE. v
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' BEND. Ore.. ; Feb. 3 ( AP)"-
Mrs. J. W. Fisher axe 29 rears and
the ..mother of ,-six, children j died
early this morning at a local! hos
pital. as he result of having drank
poison with jBuicidaf intent accord
ing: td the , "verdict of a' coToner'S
Jury. TA' nervous' breakdown 'due
to overwork! was 'thought' to have
been ' the reasoa ' according I to
nhrsicians testifying .. at, the in
quest, ; I- 7 7 t - -
The four boys are 11, 10, S and
20 months of age and two girls
surviving aie five and. three years
Statesman tfanta. It'is canTJ
age family man. makes ia'srnionth.
YesJ considerably more; - 7;
? More active fcahdldates ara
wanted-an'didates iwho are' real
candidates, who will get ' in andl
"carry on" candidates : who- are
big enough that every, flurry will
not ' scare ' thera,. ; Fighters "-are
wanted.
' )Vha't diff ;rence ffoes il make to
you, a candidate,, what John Jones
Is doing? You don't wlnHha way.
It iis what you do - yourself that
wins' for you. Winning;!: posi
tive, ; not negative. ;;It is-" thV snb
scriptions that; you-.turir in that
will pile up your,vote, total. -.
i It t .takes headw.ork - as well as
footwork. It,"tak&s foresight as
well as hindsight7;lt takes a vdo"
spirit. " ? " . : ; ' r ; , ',
. If ; you are in go get7em. If
you have been considering going
after the big prizes, go-after them.
Everybody hates a 'coward. 7 And,
how about a quitter? .:.,
; Remember that votes are what
win. j Promises won't "get you
there. - Noise won't win , for you.
Just .votes. : 7
.. , One year's subscription in thia
big vote period gives you 32,000
votes.' A 5-year subscription will
give you 288,000" "votes' .this first
period. Subscriptions . will.? win
for you. Only in this first per
iod capr you get the- biggest ryotes.
You win if you stick. You can't
lose.; "Everybody Wins" is the
hlogan. There Is no such word as
"can't," You "cab" but you must
will it so. That's the how of this
contest. There never was and
never will be such an opportunity
offered you. Think. Realize what
this means to you-. s ;
. Without spending one cent you
can wln asHighf-aatf 111 ia'the
next few weeks. Yott can do it in
your spare time. You cannot lose:
Have .you ever been offered a
better business proposition? Have
you, ever cashed 'your , spare time
for more real money?. ! ' -7
Each and every prize will . be
given away, absolutely free to the
persons who make the - effort to
get them and tf your name is sent
In immediately and included in
the list-of candidates you can win
a prize of your choice. .But you
must act now. The contest is an
extremely short one I and . will! be
'all out and over' in a few short
weeks. 7 ''
To enter vouir name and share
in this big distribution of awards,
simply fill out the,, nomination
blank appearing in this paper and
(Continued on
MY! HOW THINGS; HAVE CHANGED IN THE WASHINGTON HOUSEHOLD!
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Roy Moore, Confessed Boot-
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DR.- LINVILLE GRILLED
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Charges of Bribery and Glimpses
. tf Wholesale Liquor-Making
Act h it ieW Feature ' ,
of Trial '
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3.
(By Associated Press) Glimpses
of the 0perationof the wholesale
moonshine' business in Oregon; the
disappearance of the government's
principal witness,' "charges', of
bribery; selling out and double
crossing 7n 1 the part of federal
prohibition agents, intimation "that
there was a I'leak" of government
liquor from the custom house and
the! declaration that an : effort
would, be made to impeach testi
mony ty Dr. J; A.j Linville, ex
federal! prohibition commissioner
of Oregon 'were a -few of the de
velopments" at today's session' In
Federal1 Judge C. E. Worrerton's
court"! Of the conspiracy case
against1 Robert " and 'A." C7, Smith
and Arthur Christensen, ex-federal
prohibition agents in this dis
trict. -.. ..: r.
Proceedings reached their cli
max when Dif. LinvUlenow assist
ant prohibition director ! for the
20th districflwith hea'dqtiarteil'rn
Seattle.' went; on the stand. 7
s Dr. Linville told of meeting Roy
Moore, ' an admitted bootlegger,
who gave his office some infor
mation on July 11, and also ad
mitted j that ! both ! of the Smith
boys, sons of Johnston Smith who
preceded Dr: Linville as prohibi
tion commissioner- here and-a.ter
wards" became warden of the state
penitentiary i and Christensen had
worked as agents out of tlie local
office. " j 77" .
Dr. Linville and Elton Watkins,
attorney- for the three defendants,
had! Itfjback and forth when , an
effort was made to have the ex
prohibition director admit that
Captain Zellner, a member of the
Portland fire! bureau who served
as a special : agent for some 'six
months, had' been 'sent to Astoria
to "I rtae Christensen.
Mr.jWalkins declared that he
would introduce witnesses in an
effort to impeach his testimony.
' George Hu rib urt, special agent,
recently assigned to the office of
the prohibitions commissioner it
San Francisco.' who previously was
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0B 1 ---my.
Fjive Men Held for. Failure to
Halt' Bef ore i Entering,
Through Streets
LAW'S TEETH DISPLAYED
Chief Declares All Vehicles Must
v. Come to Dead Stop Before
i " 1 Passing Signs; Officers '
! ! " Will Enforce
-. Warnings issued early this week
that the stop street bill would be
rigidly enforced came back' to
roost, yesterday,;, when city police
niade five arrests for alleged viola
tions of the new" ordinance. Their
cases will come up todayi ? 7J
1 Roy Rae was arrested at
about " 3 , o'clock ; yesterday after
noon, the first' arrest to be made"
for Jthis1 Defease, G.' D ; White
made the' arrest; George N. Pat
terson was hailed shortly after
wards by Officer White; Later in
the day LI L. Keach; R. G. Miller,
A. Edwards and F. W. Lang were
irrested on the' same charge.1
7 Chief Frank Min to has given or
ders to the '"boys"1 to : arrest ;all
ckses detected ot falling " to ; stop
at tiie streets where the stop' posts
are up.
7 "There is no excuse for drivers
not stoppings" declared Chief
Minto. "The signs are on con
spicuous yellow and Jlack..striped
posts, are in conspicuous places,
and the signs themselves.. are very
legible. '7 7.
."Slowing down Is not going to
be enough. All cars must come
to' a dead stop. And the stop must
be', made at least before the post
is rtached --not in the middle of
the Jnlraectlonjf. !; . . i ..
vTEtre; declared 1 tobr jtiugSt;
streets" in rthe ordinance are as
follows: Portland Road, from
north city limits to the south line
of Highland avenue; Fairgrounds
(Continued oa p 4.)
LANDIS tO BE RETAINED
BASEBALL COMMISSOXER EX
TENDED IO-YEAR OFFER
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. (By As
sociated Press.) Endorsing the
ad ministration . of Commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Land is and le
atrirming . their, confidence In him,
the ,ciub owners of the National
league unanimously today adopted
a resolution urging his reappoint
ment for ten ' years at the expira
tion of Ms" present seven-year term
in 1927.
Presidents of Salem's service clubs : have" been chosen
to interpret the applause of the audience tomorrow night, in
awarding prizes to Old Time Fiddlers following- the revel in
the1nteJst;of the Lions Iub Belief jt funat the armor. 1 :
.Fra(nfHenson; one of the moat recent entrants,' himself
more tlan three score years and 10, will 'bring with him a
fiddle that is more than 150 years old. In addition to:the $25,
$15 and $10 prizes originally offered, by thtf'Lions5 clubsev
eral $5 awards have been posted by local Lions and the fbl-
lowing; merchants offer mrechan
dise prixfs of $5 value:
Capitol City Cooperative Cream
ery; Al j Krause, Cosmopolitan
store. Capital Drug Store, John
Rottle, Scotch Woolen Mills, Bur
nett Brothers, George Cl ' Will,
Piggly W iggly. Staples, Fred M.
Powell, yalley Parts & Supplies,
Cherry lty Cleaners, Nelson' it.
Hunt, Gipse-Powers, Harry Scott,
C. F. Breithaupt, and Doughton
&Sherwin.
As announced, the contest,
which begins at S o'clock, will be
judged by. popular applause, but
the following club presidents have
been asked to turn that applause
into Votes: Fred Thielsen, presi
dent Rotarians; Ed. Schunke pres
ident Ktyanians; George Graben
horst, president of the Chamber
of Comnierce; Ross Miles, presi
dent of the Lions and Dr. Bates,
president ot Longfellows.
Following the fiddling contest,
in which old songs only will be
used,' will come an ojd fashioned
dance. Chairs will be removed
from thej main floor and an or
chestra will play for the steps
grandmother used to use, and
grandfather practices now and
then when the spirit moves.
Plans Ire laid for a record Ar
mory attendance, with liberal re
sponse of merchants In augment
ing the prize list Indicating the
appeal of; this evening of old fash
ioned entertainment which will,
at the same time; enable a public
spirited group of men to meet the
demands j for help that . they con
stantly face. List of entrants to
dateifollows: - - t-
r E. A.'Pruitt, John Oudeans, J.
C. 1 Matthesi C W. . HilV 'William
Calder, T,; P. Staleup, W,- Z.' Sim
moni J.M.Gfoves, W. Fv' Cooper,
J. DrMajfes, O.' A. Sanders, Clar
ence Blakesly, C. E. THUttVO. W.
Ranck, WJi P. laillsW. y.-'flpeerV
C. :E. Whitney, C. H. Brown; C.:,A.i
Connay, WT ArBresBlef.xLffUTence
Womack; JL: P.'. Womick and F. J
Henson.
DIE
IN MINE BLAST
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SCORE ARE ENTOMBED; TWO
, FOUND ALIVE-
' PITTSB'uRGH; Feb. 3. (By
Associated Press.) Three men
were killed and 21 entombed by
an explosion in the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Corporation's
mine No. 4 at Horning, near here
today. Two men, including Edi
ward Travis, brother of the super-1
intendent of the mine, were found
alive. i
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Assisting in directing rescue
work and reporting that he be
lieves the trapped miners are dead,
Travis' ''Ruddy' Lewis Powell,
who also escaped unhurt, remained
In the workings and continued to
aid the more than 100 men-comprising
the , rescue crewt?j The
rescuers were reported working
their way slowly, toward' the sec
tion where the . entombed men
were working. ' , - 7l 77-i v-
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SURTAX RATES: SLASHED
MAXIMUM RATE IS CUT FROM
i - '40 TO 20 PER CENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (By
Associated Press.) -Sharp reduc
tions in .the income surtax rates,
including a slash in, the -maximum"
rate from 40 to 20 per cent were
voted today .by the .'senate? in ac
cepting the schedule were written:
into the tax Ted uetidh" bill by Its
finknee committee. .
iThe totals tax . reduction thus
voted was estimated" at'llSa.OOO,
000 for this year; s the cfmtalttee
having increased the . total tover
that approved by the honse'to the
extent ofj I23.O0O.OOO 'byiprovid-
ing for greater reductino on in
comes between 23,tQ0 and'1100,
00a where the; maximum "would
take effect. , - ; - , -r"
APPROVE- GERMAN ENTRY
REICHSTAG.' VOTES FAVOR-
I ARLT OS 'LtSAGUK
: BERLIN, Feb.- 3. ( By .Asso
ciated Press;)- The foreign rela
tions . committee of the reichstag
today approved Germany's entry
into thevleague ofatlona and
thus cleared away the last inter
tal political .obstacles to the goal
set! by Chancellor Luther and For
eign Minister Streseiukhh In1 the
Locarno 'deliberations.
PlfiMT rflCC I IUCC lJ '
'high:atlatic:'gaLes
BARGES FOUNDER, OTHERS
! UNACCOUNTED FOR V
Sixty Mile Storm Hits New Jersey
Coast; " Small "-'Vessels' 'Are '
In Danger .
ASBURY PARK, N. J., Feb. 3.
(By Associated. Press.) Eight
lives were- reported lost and three
barges were known to have foun
dered On the North Jersey 'coast
tonight in a snowstorm, and 80-'
mile northeast gale that overtook
a large number of small shipping
vessels bound 'for New: York7 " "1
Two "barges broke away from'
the 1 Tug Thomas Howard of f 'Scot
land lightship;taccordingto awire
less message received'' from the
coast guard cutter Seminole at the
Sandy Hook station? 'Each was
manned by four men and one sank
immediately, the"", other 'going1
ashore at Sandy Hook. No" trace bf
the!. crew of this barge, the Phoe
nixj was found by Captain El wood
Butler, who got to the Scene' with
a boat crew. 7 The barges' Were
loaded ,'wlth" coal ' and were' bound
to New York from' Delaware
breakwater. The Thomas Howard
wasf reported bound " Into New
York. . -l - 7 - " '
A second barge , come ashore
here. . It was believed to-be un
manned. Superintendent . Rasmus-'
senjbf. the fifth coast guard dis
trict said , that several other- tugs
and; barges were, unacdunted for.
CHARGE FOOD MONOPOLY
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FRENCH ': CHAMBER -.ADOPTS
. BILL XOW UNDER FTRE
PARIS, Feb, 3-i(By Associated
Press. )-i-The' first . article ' of' the
financial measures ' passed 1 by" the
chamber of "deputies -today made
it obligatory for every 'person 'in
France having 'an IncomeW de
clare the amount under jjath.' The
number: of such declarations it Is
estimated, would be about" XOyOO.
000,; knd "strict appllcatioh of : this
flaw- wonldmean-a- complicated
mass of ' documents ,7...u..-; .
. M. Doumer, the finance minis
ter, said it would be Impossible to
apply such a measure without mo
bilizing a small' artny'K "additional
functldnraies. t,The government
Rejected' ffhe proposition'bnt 'the
chamber.' adopted' it in N principle
iftet a debate: la which. It' was
pointed :out that there'would lbe 'a
great , tfiffererioe in.! the vklue . of
oaths thwa-taken. "because a'ma-i
jority . of , the "peeple. having- in-'
comes are nnbeHevers.' !S 1
CHARGE FOOft.MOJiOPOLY
IN-ESTIGATION tS SdUGHl? 6F
! WARD CORPORATOR' ' !t
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Associated ' Press: i Senate " lnres1-'
tgiatfdh - ?of the' recently formed
Ward -Food"' Products 1 corporat lorf
was. proposed in a resolution 'in
troduced today by Senator La Fol
lette, republican, Wisconsia.
Referring to the : Ward Food
Prbducts corporation, the resolu
tion fcharged , thir the parposar tf
"this food -trust Is to control all
stages of production and distribu
tion of food ".from the4 Canaerr -to
the "consumer's table." ' '
Sach-3a','c,ombfnation.' it held,
would create a monopoly ; in. the
pfime necessities of - life, ' control
the domestic' markets and thereby'
be ta a positidn to dictate thd price
fl-iH fi.-rsv anr .:: :'.-.ni'iTn. TO Er"
CORJfc TU?E- PRICES CUT
t". S.7RURBEI COTilEDUCES
PRICE JIO PER CENT. .
V New ,Yprk, Feb. 3-r-(AP)A
reduction of 10 per cent. In prices
of cord -tires ' and tubes' was an-
nounced'today by the United Stat
es Rubber company. Price cuts of
3 H to 7 fc per J cent -alao were
made on second line tires:; . "
CHENEY NORMAL WINS
INDEPENDENCE, Or., Feb.. 3.
I By- AUolUteJ'-" Pres3." -cVe jo-J
and . Cheney normal basketball
quintet? -, clashed- Lcre tonlit,
with the victory, grng to 'V "
tceney Leys by a score
to 12.
Volstead Act Has Und:n2
, Work,: .Episccpai Jchiv.
SEEKS TO F.lpDIFY, 01LL
V
former Superlntt4ulent of , Sevr
York Anii-Salbo LeagTue Kaj '
j s I ''Pro&bition' jfas "Ren
7 ! ": .V. 'a Sllstake-' . '
NEW YORK. Feb. 3. (By As
sociated Press:) The ' Rev. . Dr.
James' Empringhair. n4tlc7il Ff f
retary 'of the Chun.1-Temperance
society of- the Episcopal -church
said today that the society. wl.Kh
worked 'for thj passage" of t:
modification of the Volstead , act
to permit sale of -Hght'-wines and
beer.'" 7 " ; -y' "7 7 ; ,
v Dr! Emp'ringhara, who was at
one ' time superintendent . of the
Anti-Saloon league of New York
said a nationwide survey of .pro
hibition enforcement had convinc
ed Jhini that the Volstead act ''had
undone the temperance societies'
50 years of v educational work
Speaking at a tbeeting of . the
against the use of alcohol.' . t -'
Episcopal clergy of New , York. La
asserted that "prohibition bad in
creased drinking ,amongV young
pedple; discouraged the consumiv
tion of wine and ber and incren -
ed the demand for? distilled Uau
ors which today ara moetly poison -ous;
had broaght about dlsresr-ct-for
all laws and Is class' 17 '.Na
tion, discriminating in favor bt
the Mch.t7.
1 The" national secretary said he
had iade a report pt bis find in
to the 'clergy of ; the Epis, J
church! of New York over tbe'rrn-
test of Wayae B. iWhet.:.r.
eral counsel ;f the Anti-Sloer -league,
who' resuVsted hir.i bj
telephone, telegraph and' mail to
withhold it, saying;, that . it wot-' I
"showr that . : prohibition . ". '
failed." - - ; . - f
?i:started out afyear ago,". Dr.
Empringham said, Vto gatht. :
terial 'for ik-pamphlet to show that
prohibition was 7. a ": succes "I ;
naVtsat,- finished ' that par-; :. -My
rs'urvey' behind i the ' r- . 7 c f
enforcement in ChIcago, t..d sc-tl:.
'Baltimore,-Philadelphia a::J; x...--
er cttle,Bhowfed'me that" I -L. t
been "a darned fool "to give . iip ' a
good -church and V big-etipen Jt 7
m 11 V f in wnrlif Ktt0i AVrti i
"We thought that a law wculii
be better than education to.ftcp
drinking,
a mistake.
I" admftfthat we. ciida
"No 'law is of any value,"
continued, ''unlesaf you can et
public-' 'sentiment gaerally b". .
IL. 'Unfortunately i.e states viro
asklag the people - to cotserv i '
grain to win the- af. Forty-; :
Of the 48 states tumbled over eru a
other lfi'-a .-'rash-1-to- ratify the
amendment. The Question- w:.-
never, referred to .lhe 'individual
TOters." Now' that "the : war Fffrir
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(Continued S.) .
LpfiS: SPLIT r FOVDZu
INVENTOR USHJ XiUN IXSTllAD
- 7op TUViE-UON ORED AX
SEATTLE, ' Feb 3 ( AP) A.
gun with which tta inventor t e x
tends a man can s;!it three t7..-
as much wood as with an ax at
cost or-abd.it eigLt cents a cord.
-w demonstrated , here tod?y iy.
the inventor, Joseri A. Wetter cf
Vancouver. Wash. . The r:3 ccn-Sikts-e-t-A4
hoUuw'-'tteel' r: i wLi;h
when driven an Irv"i or t o
alog an"d"cfeariea"witi :o . ' .-and-ffce.'
Uyi "tLa j- ;: 7 r ...
r.IcDOUGALJC
r xiti.i t . v t,
..' -... ...
If all plans of the t'ty,
work out, this . wet k en 1
a'strenuous oae, V. ..:t; v.r(?
for idrlvis- "..wt'.Is. 'int-i'
looming up. " ".
1 W.te r ;Dou t 1. i r 1 L -few
-days aso-c- tbs ' -driving
while. 'r- ' t" 1
ence' of Intcx7- 7
slitcl to fcav M j - " '
Mllas is sai.r t' : 3 f
ce fSr-ULu.1 I, .
McDougal will r '
guilty. . .
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of age. !